Tag: humor
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Dear Diary: The First Cold of the School Year
Dear Diary, Well, we made it to week 3 before Kid #3 brought home the first cold of the season. Adult Kid, a.k.a. Kid #1, doesn’t even start college for another week or two. Still, that’s three times as long as last December, when the kids were back for ONE WEEK after the month-long teachers… Read more
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Dear Diary: I’m Not Handling the New School Year Well but the Kids Seem Okay
Dear Diary, Well, we’re a solid few weeks into the new school year now. Kids seem to have adjusted well, even with the random changes to the times their schools now start. The high school starts a whopping FOUR minutes earlier. I don’t know what adding four minutes to their day is going to accomplish.… Read more
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Dear Diary: Reveling in the Subsequent Quietness
Dear Diary, Today is the first day of school. Well, technically YESTERDAY was the first day, but today is the first day that ALL the kids are at school. Except for the adult kid. The adult kid doesn’t start for another few weeks and isn’t technically a kid anymore, so I stand by my original… Read more
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Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom: The Hidden Hike
When going on a “hidden hike” in the middle of a prestigious college campus in Portland, be sure to download the map from the college website so you know where to park and where the trail starts. Verify said details with Google Maps before driving to said parking lot. You’ll still turn too early and… Read more
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Make Your Imagination Work for YOU!
I’m not sure if there’s a correlation between imagination and anxiety, but it sure feels like it. If you’ve been blessed with a vivid imagination, it doesn’t take much for it to run rampant and take over, setting off your inner Young Lad (see Wednesday’s Words of Wisdom) My Young Lad has gotten A LOT… Read more
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Dear Diary: A Nine on the Subjective Scale of Happiness
Dear Diary, If I had to rate today on a happiness scale of 1 to 10, I’d awardit a 9, held confidently overhead like someone wrangled into judging acontest they’re only semi knowledgeable about and are scoring subjectively,rather than using a complex technical merit-based system. Today “feels” like a9. To be fair, happiness is a… Read more